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title: "Cartage"
description: "Cartage is the transportation of cargo to and from a container freight station (CFS) via truck within a local area. If the destination is not local, an LTL trucker delivers the shipment to its final destination."
language: en
canonical: https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/cartage/
lifecycle: live
dateModified: 2026-08-20T06:44:04Z
topics:
  - "Trucking"
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# Cartage

Cartage is the transportation of cargo to and from a container freight station (CFS) via truck within a local area. If the destination is not local, an LTL trucker delivers the shipment to its final destination.

## What is cartage?

Cartage is the transportation of cargo to and from a [CFS](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/container-freight-station/) via truck within a local area.

If the destination is not local, an [LTL](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/less-than-truckload/) trucker will deliver the shipment to its final destination.

Back to the [full glossary](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/).

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*This is a markdown version of [https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/cartage/](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/cartage/) for AI/LLM consumption.*